customs

[ˈkʌstəmz]

Definition:
1. The official organization responsible for collecting taxes on goods coming into a country and preventing illegal goods from being brought in.
2. Money collected under a tariff.

Use 'customs' in a sentence:

1. These customs have been handed down through the ages.
2. Would you mind telling me some interesting customs about the festival?
3. They are whisked through the immigration and customs formalities in a matter of minutes.
4. They will campaign for respect for aboriginal rights and customs.
5. I don't find French customs so strange any more.
6. First, you have to go through immigration and customs.
7. The UN encourages people to learn about other lands and their customs.
8. Let's look at some birthday customs around the world.
9. The ship was boarded by customs officials.
10. There are different customs for each festival.
11. He was arrested by plainclothes detectives as he walked through the customs hall.
12. You will be able to take ten dozen bottles free of duty through customs.
13. The women wore veils in deference to the customs of the country.
14. We whipped through customs in ten minutes.
15. Customs officials have made a series of contradictory statements about the equipment.
16. Customs officials foiled an attempt to smuggle the paintings out of the country.
17. Customs officials can get extremely pernickety about things like that.
18. He must be a newcomer to town and he obviously didn't understand our local customs.
19. He watched the Customs official peer into the driver's window.
20. Skull and crossbones stickers on the drums aroused the suspicion of the customs officers.
21. The Customs have seized large quantities of smuggled heroin.
22. Customs officials turned the man over to the police.
23. The customs officers searched through our bags.
24. What right does Customs have to search my car?
25. A swoop by customs officers netted a large quantity of drugs.
26. The old customs are dying.
27. The programme was about customs in different parts of the country.
28. Customs men put dynamite in the water to destroy the cargo, but most of it was left intact.
29. Some strange customs have survived from earlier times.
30. He refused to conform to the local customs.
31. Social customs provide a vital link between generations.
32. The customs figures show a steady decline in British trade.
33. He walked through customs.
34. Allow twenty-five minutes to get through Passport Control and Customs.